The Know Sure Thing (KST) is a momentum oscillator intended to interpret rate-of-change price data. · Trading signals are generated when the KST crosses over the ...LinkedInwithBackgroundTechnicalAnalysisGuidetoTechnicalAnalysisTechnicalAnalysisBasicEducationAdvancedTechnicalAnalysisConceptsTechnicalAnalysisTechnicalAnalysisBasicEducationWhatIstheKnowSureThing(KST)?TheKnowSureThing(KST)isamomentumoscillatordevelopedbyMartinPringtomakerate-of-changereadingseasierfortraderstointerpret.KeyTakeawaysTheKnowSureThing(KST)isamomentumoscillatorintendedtointerpretrate-of-changepricedata.TradingsignalsaregeneratedwhentheKSTcrossesoverthesignalline,buttradersalsolookforoverboughtoroversoldconditions.TradersalsocombinetheKSTwithothertechnicalanalysistomaximizetheiroddsofasuccessfultrade.CalculatingtheKnowSureThing(KST)TheKSTiscalculatedbytakingthesimplemovingaverage(SMA)offourdifferentrate-of-change(ROC)periods,addingthemtogethertocomeupwiththeKST,andcreatingasignallinebytakingthe9-periodSMAoftheKST.TheKSTiscalculatedwiththefollowingequation:KST=(RCMA #1×1)+(RCMA #2×2) +KST=(RCMA #3×3)+(RCMA #4×4)where:RCMA #1=10-period SMA of 10-period ROCRCMA #2=10-period SMA of 15-period ROCRCMA #3=10-period SMA of 20-period ROCRCMA #4=15-period SMA of 30-period ROC\begin{aligned}&\text{KST}=(\text{RCMA\#1}\times1)+(\text{RCMA\#2}\times2)\+\\&\phantom{\text{KST}=}(\text{RCMA\#3}\times3)+(\text{RCMA\#4}\times4)\\&\textbf{where:}\\&\text{RCMA\#1}=\text{10-periodSMAof10-periodROC}\\&\text{RCMA\#2}=\text{10-periodSMAof15-periodROC}\\&\text{RCMA\#3}=\text{10-periodSMAof20-periodROC}\\&\text{RCMA\#4}=\text{15-periodSMAof30-periodROC}\\\end{aligned}​KST=(RCMA #1×1)+(RCMA #2×2) +KST=(RCMA #3×3)+(RCMA #4×4)where:RCMA #1=10-period SMA of 10-period ROCRCMA #2=10-period SMA of 15-period ROCRCMA #3=10-period SMA of 20-period ROCRCMA #4=15-period SMA of 30-period ROC​Finally,thesignallineiscalculatedbytakingthe9-periodSMAoftheKSTvalue.UnderstandingtheKnowSureThing(KST)TheKSTindicatorcanbeusedinthesamemann